UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Trading Down 9.8% – Should You Sell?

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE:PATH)’s share price fell 9.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $11.49 and last traded at $11.6750. 43,018,247 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 49% from the average session volume of 28,870,557 shares. The stock had previously closed at $12.95.

More UiPath News

Here are the key news stories impacting UiPath this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Acquisition: UiPath completed the purchase of WorkFusion, strengthening its AML/KYC and financial‑crime compliance capabilities — a targeted bolt‑on for banks that could accelerate sales into regulated accounts. UiPath buys WorkFusion to strengthen AML and KYC automation
• Positive Sentiment: Strategy/AI positioning: Analysts note PATH is well‑placed in the fast‑growing agentic AI market with improved cross‑vendor orchestration and an expanding AI‑agent portfolio — supportive of longer‑term revenue expansion. UiPath: Underperforming Its Peers, But Still Worth Getting Behind
• Positive Sentiment: Product synergy: Coverage explains how WorkFusion’s tech should augment UiPath’s AI agents for financial‑crime workflows, which can improve deal cadence in large banking customers. How Will the WorkFusion Acquisition Boost UiPath’s Agents?
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed fundamentals vs. sentiment: Commentators note PATH has achieved GAAP profitability, ARR growth and big AI partnerships, but recent share weakness has prompted a wait‑and‑watch stance from some analysts. UiPath Declines 25% in a Month: Has the Buying Level Been Reached Yet?
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment risk / sell‑off: Coverage points to a sharp recent decline (c.25% in a month in one note) and underperformance versus tech peers, increasing the risk of momentum-driven downside. UiPath: Underperforming Its Peers, But Still Worth Getting Behind
• Negative Sentiment: High‑profile skepticism: Jim Cramer and other commentators have flagged valuation concerns, calling the shares “too expensive,” which can amplify selling from retail and momentum players. Jim Cramer on UiPath (PATH): “It’s still too expensive a stock”

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their price objective on shares of UiPath from $15.00 to $19.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of UiPath in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on UiPath from $15.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on UiPath from $13.00 to $17.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Evercore raised their target price on UiPath from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, UiPath presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $15.77.

UiPath Trading Down 9.8%

The firm has a market capitalization of $6.24 billion, a PE ratio of 27.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $15.65 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $14.02.

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $411.11 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $392.46 million. UiPath had a return on equity of 3.73% and a net margin of 14.79%.The firm’s revenue was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.11 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that UiPath, Inc. will post -0.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Ashim Gupta sold 67,468 shares of UiPath stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.10, for a total value of $1,086,234.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 557,028 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,968,150.80. The trade was a 10.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Daniel Dines sold 45,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.01, for a total transaction of $675,450.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 27,893,585 shares in the company, valued at approximately $418,682,710.85. This trade represents a 0.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 950,048 shares of company stock valued at $15,881,744 in the last quarter. Insiders own 23.19% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of UiPath by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 49,114,941 shares of the company’s stock valued at $804,994,000 after acquiring an additional 1,219,057 shares during the period. TFG Asset Management GP Ltd increased its stake in UiPath by 53.3% in the 2nd quarter. TFG Asset Management GP Ltd now owns 13,722,244 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,645,000 after purchasing an additional 4,772,244 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in UiPath by 76.0% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 11,407,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $145,732,000 after purchasing an additional 4,926,341 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its position in UiPath by 40.7% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 8,048,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,019,000 after purchasing an additional 2,328,225 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its position in UiPath by 5.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,032,345 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,814,000 after purchasing an additional 378,851 shares in the last quarter. 62.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About UiPath

UiPath Inc provides an end-to-end automation platform that offers a range of robotic process automation (RPA) solutions primarily in the United States, Romania, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company offers a suite of interrelated software to build, manage, run, engage, measure, and govern automation within the organization. Its platform's embedded AI, ML, and NLP capabilities improve decisioning and information processing; emulate human behavior allows organizations to address a myriad of use cases; emulate human behavior allows organizations to address a myriad of use cases; multi-tenant platform enterprise deployment with security and governance and Automation Cloud, which enables customers to begin automating without the need to provision infrastructure, install applications, or perform additional configurations; intuitive interface and low-code, drag-and-drop functionality; signed to enable people and automations to work together; and tracks, measures, and forecasts the performance of automations, enables customers to gain powerful insights and generate key performance indicators with actionable metric.